Essays Tagged: "heroine"

Steriods and their Affects on the Human Body

886 that the first drug-related death in sports occurred. A bicyclist took a mixture of cocaine and heroine, called the 'speedball,' and died from it. Little were the doctors aware the epidemic that w ...

(5 pages) 360 1 4.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Antigone by Sophocles

could be a virtue, but many times it could be a fatal flaw. In the play Antigone by Sophocles, the heroine displays her obstinacy which ultimately results in death for her. At the opening of the trag ...

(3 pages) 178 0 3.8 Feb/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies

The Deadly Sin of Bearing False Witness - About the effects of prevaricating in the books A Tale of Two Cities and The Scarlet Letter

h authors agree that deception is a sin that requires punishment. In The Scarlet Letter, the heroine, Hester Prynne conceived a child out of wedlock. Despite the pleas and demands of the cleric ...

(5 pages) 70 0 3.9 Oct/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

MTV and THE MADONNA PHENOMENON

gingspectators in diverse ways- that in part accounts for hersuccess. She is the supreme television heroine." (E. AnnKaplan 271)"What are the main theories which we have studied sofar and how have the ... E. Ann Kaplan stated in her article on feministcriticism, Madonna is truly the ultimate television heroine.A discussion on contemporary popular culture and especiallyon media culture could never be c ...

(8 pages) 243 0 3.9 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

An in depth rhetorical analysis of the Scarlet letter

, but no pearl has ever been earned at as high a cost to a person as Nathaniel Hawthorne's powerful heroine Hester Prynne. Her daughter Pearl, born into a Puritan prison in more ways than one, is an e ...

(4 pages) 141 0 4.4 Mar/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Legalizing Marijuana

sial issue. Some believe this supposedly potent substance should remain illegal and associated with heroine and cocaine. They see it as a harsh illegal substance; and that it became illegal for a reas ...

(11 pages) 1047 8 4.8 Mar/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

Synthetic Drugs of Abuse

otentcy, when compared to the precursor. The first acceptet semi-synthetic drug for medical use was heroine. Many semi-synthetic drugs followed. After a longer period fully synthetic drugs appeared. A ...

(3 pages) 98 0 3.4 Mar/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

cinderella complex-my view and analysis of it-with backing by various Cinderella stories-and cultural norms.

, place negative gender expectations on women. Perrault's Cinderella provides an example of how the heroine of the story must be "rescued" by a man of princely matter and helped by outwardly forces to ...

(3 pages) 389 2 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

The Scarlett Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne. Symbolism.

nkind, but no pearl had ever been earned at as high a cost to a person as Hester Prynne, a powerful heroine in Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter. Pearl, born into a Puritan prison in more ...

(4 pages) 141 0 4.2 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The style of The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne

, and effective. In the novel Hawthorneutilizes all his writing skills. In doing this he includes a heroine. In The Scarlet Letter byNathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is a victim and a heroine that i ... chooses to hide his sin.In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Hester Prynne is a victim andheroine that is admired because of her strong will, and disregard for other's views of her.Hester is ...

(2 pages) 39 0 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Georgia O'Keefe: Sky Above Clouds-- An essay about O'Keefe's 1965 painting Sky Above clouds IV.

ng heroic about it, today it is not very likely that an abstract painter is would become a cultural heroine. But that is what Georgia O'Keefe became, a model of the modern liberated woman, compared by ... e even say that she has an influence on younger artists, which suggests that she is still seen as a heroine in some people's eyes.Though, generally speaking, abstraction is not very popular in the art ...

(5 pages) 170 0 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Works of Art

A book review on the Stephen King novel, Misery. "Misery: A Spine Tingling Thriller You'll Never Put Down"

ugh Paul feared for his life, he also burned with a greater passion: to resurrect his romance novel heroine, Misery Chastain. At first he did not want to write the novel because he had finally gotten ...

(2 pages) 80 0 4.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Ibsens "Doll House"

er, and supporter ofman, 'A Doll's House' introduced woman as having her own purposes andgoals. The heroine, Nora Helmer, progresses during the course of the playeventually to realize that she must di ...

(5 pages) 154 2 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

"Jane Eyre" (Charlotte Bronte), The Feminist Tract

ane Eyre. The purpose of Jane Eyre, not only thenovel, but also the character herself as a cultural heroine, isto transform a primeval society, one which devalues women andtheir contributions, into a ... d thecapability of Charlotte Bronte, but also, through Jane, givesreaders hope as they view a young heroine who has a strongdesire and struggles for independence, and who thinks for herselfin a societ ...

(9 pages) 229 0 5.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Critique of Bruno Bettelheim's and Karen Kolbenschlag's interpretation of "Cinderella"

se variants have been found to have the same general plot, which is characterized by the persecuted heroine, the meeting with the prince, the revealing of an inner identity, and marriage with the prin ... erella finds its way into so many children's hearts because of a resemblance children feel with the heroine. Both Bettelheim and Kolbenschlag agree that sibling rivalry is both a very real and very st ...

(4 pages) 126 0 5.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

A critical look at Ibsen's "A Doll house"

er, and supporter ofman, 'A Doll's House' introduced woman as having her own purposes andgoals. The heroine, Nora Helmer, progresses during the course of the playeventually to realize that she must di ...

(5 pages) 139 0 4.3 Apr/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

A summary of the novel 'The Scarlet Letter' written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

ts main characters.The CharactersThe main character of this book, Hester Prynne, was supposedly the heroine of the story. It was her who at the beginning of the book was found guilty of having a child ...

(5 pages) 85 0 5.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Comparing The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne to The Other by de Beauvoir

ter as an enigma of womankind instilling his views of Puritanism and the role of the woman into the heroine. In de Beauvoir's essay, The Other, she introduces the role of woman as seen by men in socie ...

(6 pages) 37 1 3.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Color Purple by Alice Walker: Celie's Confidants

confidante is a character in a drama or fiction, often a trusted friend or relative of the hero or heroine, who stands as a sympathetic shoulder for the hero or heroine. In Alice Walker's The Color P ...

(4 pages) 88 0 3.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

The Odyssey: Paper that highlights Odysseus's characteristics, Penelope's characteristics, and the hardships they faced.

The characters of the Odyssey portray this flawlessness through the personalities of an ideal hero, heroine, and the ultimate goals in which they strive for.Odysseus has brain and brawn; he is sly yet ... mage, yet concealing the pain to achieve ultimate endurance, making her the idea of perfection in a heroine.Odysseus. Lost, periled, unfortunate in all attempts in reaching his ultimate destination. W ...

(3 pages) 72 0 3.4 Feb/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama